Butter

A thrilling novel about a convicted woman serial killer and chef, based on a true story. Butter follows journalist Rika Machida in her investigation of serial killer Manako Kajii, who is convicted of luring in wealthy men with her expensive cookery classes, only to seduce and murder them, taking their money before moving on to her next victim. Kajii refuses to cooperate with the press until Rika, at the suggestion of her kitchen-savvy friend Reiko, writes Kajii a letter asking for her recipe for beef stew. Butter is a vivid, panoramic exploration of misogyny, eating, obsession and romance in contemporary Japan. Based on the true story of Kanae Kijima, a serial killer and con woman known as "The Konkatsu Killer", Butter is a novel like no other: part psychological crime story, part exploration of the pressures on women''s lives in contemporary Japan and part meditation on the delicious pleasures, and societal pressures, associated with food.

Product details

• Authors: Asako Yuzuki
• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2024
• EAN: 9780008511685
• ISBN: 978-0-00-851168-5
• No. of pages: 452
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 214 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; Japan, FICTION / Thrillers / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, Crime & mystery, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Romance / Romantic Comedy, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary